frame of mind

Example Sentences

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That when in the right frame of mind, the listener can tune in to the spiritual messages stones are sending.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr Osborne added: "He was still in the right frame of mind, he could have stopped the car, he could have done all the correct procedures that a normal-thinking person would have done."

From BBC

"It has to be a given, because if you don't show up with that frame of mind you're on the backward step straight away," he added.

From BBC

“First I shall review, say, ten or twelve more speeches of Cicero’s, to put me in the right frame of mind.”

From Literature

“Mio Cristo” is a delicate and airy ballad about forgiveness sung in Italian, which puts her in an operatic frame of mind.

From The Wall Street Journal